Police arrest 5 in North Carolina as looters begin to capitalize on Florence chaos

I wonder why the photograph below is so fuzzy, so out of focus??? I know, because the news media doesn’t want to reveal the race of the looter; it’s not politically-correct. But then again, we all know who the looters are. Why not call a spade a spade and be done with it already??? TGO

Refer to story below. Source: Fox News

Paulina Dedaj

Police in North Carolina arrested five people Saturday night as looters began to break into stores while Tropical Storm Florence brought chaos to the region.Wilmington Police confirmed the arrests on Twitter but did not immediately release the identities of the five individuals.

“Charges are pending and those details will be released as they become available,” police said.

Authorities said about 1:30 p.m. they became aware of looting taking place at the Dollar General on 5th and Dawson Streets but were initially asked by management “not to intervene at this time.”

a blurry image of a street

In response to looting reports, the city of Wilmington extended its curfew for the affected area. A tweet spelled out the particulars:

“In response to looting in the area, an extended curfew is now in place for the block between 13th, 14th, Greenfield and Martin Streets. This curfew went into effect at 5 pm and will remain in effect until 6 am. The citywide curfew will run from 10 pm until 6 am.”

The National Hurricane Center said on Saturday afternoon that “catastrophic flooding” is expected in certain parts of the Carolinas as Florence remained stationary over the region. At least 11 deaths have been linked to Flo so far.

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